Toby Joseph Armellini was born August 27, 1942 in North Little Rock to Augusto and Helen
Armellini, who preceded him in death. He passed away November 18, 2013 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Toby attended Sylvan Hills public schools and graduated from the University of Arkansas with a civil engineering degree.
Toby worked in Tulsa for natural gas processing companies including Cities Service and Crest Engineering before forming his own company, Armellini Engineering, Inc. During the course of his career, his jobs took him all over the world, including Nigeria, Brazil, and Singapore. Toby designed and built natural gas processing plants in Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.
Toby was a Renaissance man. He loved to create. He wrote and published a book, What You
Need to Know About Radiation. He patented a design for plastic lumber, built a life-sized buffalo made of sheet metal, designed and built beautiful metal and glass tables and polished stones and made jewelry. He built two ponds connected by a waterway in his backyard. He enjoyed researching for and writing guest editorials for the Tulsa World. He was a musician, with a trumpet and his voice as instruments. He sang solos at recitals and weddings and once sang in the chorus with the Tulsa Opera.
Toby was an adventurer who loved boating, sailing, hang gliding, and hiking. He loved to fly, for business or pleasure. His planes took him and his wife Sylvia all over the United States, from the San Juan Islands to Delaware to Miami, Florida. Many times they flew to California, Arkansas, and Ohio to visit family. He was also a natural athlete, playing baseball and football while growing up in North Little Rock, as well as running numerous races in Tulsa, Kansas City, and Dallas. One of his greatest joys was playing golf with his friends in Tulsa.
He is survived by his loving wife Sylvia of 24 years, sister, Janie (Randy) Gresham, nieces Lora (Bryan) Smith and Tiffany Gresham, daughter Jessica (Clifton) Janney, and brothers-in-law Bob, Tom and Roger (Kay) Schroer. He has two grandsons, Garrett and Brandon Janney, and dear cousins. In lieu of flowers, donors are requested to give to Up with Trees of Tulsa, the Tulsa Centennial Botanical Gardens, or a charity of their choice. Visitation 5:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, November 21, 2013 and Funeral Service 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 22, 2013 both at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel, 918-291-3500.